Newfoundland [IC]

[Thels]

OOC: Right... Sorry for not making this clear.

When Ben ran down the path, he took Stillgem along while Drythmine and Flynn were able to keep up. They together encountered the 1st creature. Ben got wounded and Stillgem is still sleeping. No one is dying there.

Jollunia and Dural also followed, but got behind with their lower movement speed. Larrock and Resa, who started running later, catched up with them. They together encountered the 2nd creature. Jollunia suffered some grieve wounds and is currently dying. Dural also got injured but nothing serious. Resa fell asleep. Larrock is all right.

Both the creatures are killed. The cat fled from the 1st party in the direction of the 2nd party. The distance between the two parties is close enough to hear yells from the other group and heavy combat sounds, but no talking.

 

[Pierce]

Larrock stops shaking Resa when he sees Jollunia down.
Help! Help! We need help back here!

 

[Uriel]

Drithmyne runs as fast as he can towards the other group.

<Cast Cure Light Wounds on Jollunia, who will be the obvious recipient once he sees the state of that group: 1D8+2. If that doesn't do it, he will cast a second CLW. Convert True Strike, then Divine Might>.

Drithmyne will also look for the Cat if possible, once folks are secure and not dying.

 

[Wippit Guud]

Ben yawns mightily, and realizes on a subconscious level that what happened to the nome is happening to him.

"Godda.... *YAWN* stay 'wake..."

Slinging his club over his back again, he bends down to pick up the gnome, and starting moving in the direction he was as fast as he can, trying to get out of the forest before he passes out.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Both the creatures are killed. The cat fled from the 1st party in the direction of the 2nd party. The distance between the two parties is close enough to hear yells from the other group and heavy combat sounds, but no talking.

OOC: OK, I see what's going on. I thought there was a lizard still up and active, that's what I was going to jab at. But if they're both dead, I'll take off following Drithmyne, chasing the cat.

 

[deadestdai]

He is running. Through trees and bushes, through the forrest. Leaves and branches whip his face and sting his eyes in his panic.

Soon a familiar clearing open up to him.

There is no breeze in his ears as he runs, only the crackling of fires. The fires he soon realises are upon the roofs and walls of the houses in his village - flickering yellow/red shadows across the surrounding trees, and across random dead gnome bodies.

(Bodies!?)

Stillgem falls to his knees and slides a little until he cannot stop himself from falling onto his face. Tears stream down his cheeks and Still' lets out a long hard sob as he shuffles to the inert form of his young wife. (Her back has taken a viscious cut from a blunt and heavy blade and she is very much dead.) Taking her in his arms he cradles her as he would a precious, precious burden.

Suddenly, the fires are gone as are the bodies, Stillgem is stood in a familiar forrest trail, two goblin bodies are sprawled behind him on the path. Their black bodily fluids are pooling about them and are mirrored by the fluids that drip down his blade. Before him, three goblins run from him. They are scared by his fury. But one is left behind, their leader. Stillgem advances upon the beast, accelerating into a run. The goblin leader meets his charge and raises his own blade to cut the Gnome down.

Now the Gnome is on his back. Lying on the forrest floor and breathing in shallow and gurgled gasps. His chest bleeds and he has a round object in his hand, held by greasy, lank hair -a goblin's head, the leader's head.

Somehow the injured warrior manages to crawl all the way back to his burnt village. He lies by his dead wife and embraces her, passing out as his cheek touches her breast.

*Stillgem wakes up momentarily to hear the clamour of battle, only to pass out almost imediately once more into a deep sleep - perhaps his dreams are not so haunted this time?*

 

[ferretguy]

OOC: well now I know where I am....

trying to wake Resa to no avail, Dural turns as the other Elf, runs up to Jollunia and begins to chant, laying on his hands to her terrible wounds.Well Larrock, looks like we may have to carry this lady. Got to get out of here before we're all like this..

 

[Pierce]

I'd rather figure out how to wake her up. I'm really not up to carrying anybody.

Larrock pulls a waterskin out of Resa's gear and begins splashing her face.

WAKE UP!! WAKE UUUUUUPP!!!

 

[Mithreander]

Pump, pump blood soaks the white clothing of the woman, Pump, pump.. Pump, pump The only sound in here ear is that of her life force evacuating the damaged shell of her body... Pump, pump... Pump, pump slowely, she becomes aware of... something... in the distance. Pump, pump... Pump, pump A face... with a cold imperolous look, but so beautiful her being aches withit. Pump,pump... Pump, pump

 

[Thels]

Ben picks up the gnome and continues running down the path. After a short while, the path runs up to what at first glance looks like a wall going straight through the forest. Upon closer inspection, the 'wall' seems to be consisting of some kind of blackgreen substance, going straight up from the ground. It seems to continue to your left and right in the same straight way, but sight is very limited in this forest.

Drithmyne and Flynn hed back to the others, following the cat. Trying to follow the path that Ben cleared earlier with his massive body, Drithmyne is able to avoid most worms, but still catched on to quite a few of them. Flynn, following Drithmyne's footsteps seems to have avoided them. They see the cat about 15 foot in front of the others, looking at them. Whatever odd it was you saw about the cat earlier, you don't see it now.

Larrock tries to wake Resa using various methods. None of them seem to work. He did manage to get her equipment and clothes wet.

(Heal: 16+2=18) Dural, noticing Jollunia is far from allright, tries to cover her wounds. Though Jollunia is still deeply wounded, the blood is no longer flowing from her body.